Definition of saint

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Saint (n.) A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God..

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Seint :: Seint (n.) A saint.
Patronage :: Patronage (n.) Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care..
Saintship :: Saintship (n.) The character or qualities of a saint.
Sainting :: Sainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sain.
Eminent :: Eminent (a.) Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint..
Halloween :: Halloween (n.) The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.
Avowry :: Avowry (n.) An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.
Dulia :: Dulia (n.) An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God..
Nimbus :: Nimbus (n.) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5..
Latria :: Latria (n.) The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints..
Pax :: Pax (n.) A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediaeval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc..
Sainted :: Sainted (a.) Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious.
Anthony's Fire :: Anthony's Fire () See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint..
Canonization :: Canonization (n.) The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
Halo :: Halo (n.) A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus..
Stylo- :: Stylite (n.) One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint..
Hagiolatry :: Hagiolatry (n.) The invocation or worship of saints.
Unsaintly :: Unsaintly (a.) Unbecoming to a saint.
Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture..
Hallowmas :: Hallowmas (n.) The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows..
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